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Ernie
Banks		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 185
 
Born: January 31, 1931 in Usa, TX, DALLAS
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1962   
Silver Slugger 1962   
Gold Glove 1962   
All-Star Selections 1954    1957    1958    1959    1960    1961    1962    1963    1964   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1953 22 CIN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 6 6 6 5 4 4 7 7 7
1954 23 CIN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7
1955 24 CIN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 9 8 8 7 6 7 5 5 5 8 8 8
1956 25 CIN NL $ 3,407,143   6 6 6 9 8 9 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
1957 26 CIN NL $ 3,407,143   6 6 6 10 9 9 6 5 6 5 5 5 6 5 6
1958 27 CIN NL $ 4,028,571   6 6 6 9 9 9 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 6
1959 28 CIN NL $ 4,028,571   6 6 6 9 9 9 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
1960 29 PIT NL $ 4,028,571   6 6 7 9 9 9 6 5 6 5 5 5 6 6 6
1961 30 PIT NL $ 6,000,000   6 6 6 9 9 9 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
1962 31 PIT NL $ 6,000,000   6 6 6 9 8 8 5 5 5 5 4 4 6 6 6
1963 32 PIT NL $ 6,000,000   5 5 6 9 8 8 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 5 5
1964 33 MON NL $ 6,000,000   5 5 5 9 8 8 4 4 4 4 3 3 6 5 5
1965 34 MIN AL $ 6,000,000   3 3 3 5 5 5 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3
1966 35 MON NL $ 6,000,000   1 1 2 3 2 2 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 2 3 2 2 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,000,000   7 7 7 10 9 9 7 6 7 5 5 5 8 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1953 22 CIN NL 147 502 68 134 25 3 22 73 12 5 45 66 .267 .326 .460 .786 72.8 10.4
1954 23 CIN NL 154 596 131 193 26 4 45 123 11 7 61 78 .324 .388 .607 .996 126.8 27.3
1955 24 CIN NL 152 621 99 167 25 5 32 94 7 6 49 78 .269 .321 .480 .800 89.9 13.4
1957 26 CIN NL 152 565 96 149 25 7 43 98 9 7 42 124 .264 .318 .561 .879 95.2 19.3
1958 27 CIN NL 155 561 83 127 19 0 37 109 8 1 48 167 .226 .288 .458 .746 77.3 12.8
1959 28 CIN NL 122 453 63 113 13 6 34 99 3 5 55 112 .249 .331 .530 .861 80.1 15.4
    AAA   2 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .333 .500 0.2  
1960 29 PIT NL 154 594 93 166 20 4 43 107 0 1 44 147 .279 .330 .544 .873 102.6 18.6
1961 30 PIT NL 156 591 96 150 24 6 35 95 0 0 51 144 .254 .317 .492 .810 91.1 16.2
1962 31 PIT NL 155 576 90 167 31 4 36 130 0 0 47 102 .290 .344 .545 .890 99.0 26.0
1963 32 PIT NL 155 547 82 123 21 4 30 92 0 1 66 120 .225 .310 .442 .752 73.5 14.7
1964 33 PIT NL 100 333 45 84 15 1 21 64 0 2 29 67 .252 .312 .492 .804 51.8 10.9
  MON NL 36 99 12 29 4 0 4 16 0 0 5 17 .293 .327 .455 .782 14.7 2.8
  TOT   136 432 57 113 19 1 25 80 0 2 34 84 .262 .315 .484 .799 66.5 13.6
1965 34 MIN AL 150 535 59 109 9 1 20 64 7 5 23 138 .204 .239 .336 .576 38.6 1.5
1966 35 AA   29 110 10 23 5 1 2 9 3 1 12 25 .209 .287 .327 .614 11.0  
    A   59 218 21 51 11 1 8 30 1 3 35 43 .234 .340 .404 .744 31.1  
12 Years Sim 1788 6573 1017 1711 257 45 402 1164 57 40 565 1360 .260 .320 .497 .816 1013.3 189.3
1 Years AAA 2 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .333 .500 0.2  
1 Years AA 29 110 10 23 5 1 2 9 3 1 12 25 .209 .282 .327 .610 11.0  
1 Years A 59 218 21 51 11 1 8 30 1 3 35 43 .234 .345 .404 .749 31.1  
3 Years Minors 90 334 32 75 17 2 10 39 4 4 47 69 .225 .322 .377 .699 42.3  
162 Game Average 595 92 155 23 4 36 105 5 3 51 123 .260 .320 .497 .816 91.8  
Career Highs 156 621 131 193 31 7 45 130 12 7 66 167 .324 .388 .607 .996 126.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3994 611 1045 160 31 241 706 30 28 323 787 .262 .318 .498 .817 624.1
vs LH   2579 406 666 97 14 161 458 27 12 242 573 .258 .322 .494 .816 412.9
Home 889 3173 494 822 115 20 209 600 28 23 279 644 .259 .319 .506 .825 510.4
Away 899 3400 523 889 142 25 193 564 29 17 286 716 .261 .320 .488 .809 526.6
RISP   1585 0 423 54 16 105 718 0 0 201 322 .267 .343 .520 .863 287.5
Pinch Hitting   86 16 22 3 0 7 23 1 0 11 17 .256 .337 .535 .872 16.0
Close/Late   786 137 224 33 2 55 143 0 0 83 147 .285 .357 .542 .899 146.3
Mar/Apr 292 1087 194 291 50 10 65 203 14 7 103 215 .268 .332 .511 .843 181.9
May 319 1181 194 301 28 7 90 222 10 9 95 224 .255 .312 .519 .831 191.8
June 310 1097 180 314 50 9 69 220 8 7 96 245 .286 .344 .537 .880 194.4
July 287 1072 158 279 46 5 67 181 7 7 88 211 .260 .316 .500 .816 168.1
August 306 1138 145 283 47 11 56 177 10 7 95 232 .249 .310 .457 .767 160.2
Sep/Oct 274 998 146 243 36 3 55 161 8 3 88 233 .243 .306 .451 .757 140.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1953 22 CIN NL SS 143 137 1213.3 182 475 17 99 .975 4.87   5.8
    1B 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1954 23 CIN NL SS 149 141 1288.7 218 536 20 112 .974 5.27   8.5
    1B 2 0 6.7 7 2 0 1 1.000 12.16   0.0
1955 24 CIN NL SS 149 149 1343.7 181 513 21 114 .971 4.65   5.8
1957 26 CIN NL SS 139 138 1226.3 176 460 28 82 .958 4.67   3.4
    1B 9 0 14.7 17 5 0 1 1.000 13.51   0.0
1958 27 CIN NL SS 142 140 1235.0 157 472 28 85 .957 4.58   6.0
    1B 11 0 15.3 21 1 0 3 1.000 12.92   0.0
1959 28 CIN NL SS 121 120 1057.7 154 396 16 83 .972 4.68   6.2
1960 29 PIT NL SS 151 150 1362.3 213 507 26 93 .965 4.76   8.9
    1B 3 0 5.7 6 1 0 0 1.000 11.13   0.0
1961 30 PIT NL SS 151 149 1348.3 197 507 26 100 .964 4.70   7.9
    1B 5 0 8.0 11 0 0 1 1.000 12.38   0.0
1962 31 PIT NL SS 134 128 1166.0 192 488 19 102 .973 5.25   6.7
    1B 17 15 138.7 166 13 1 15 .994 11.62   0.3
1963 32 PIT NL SS 118 115 1028.7 154 464 25 86 .961 5.41   5.0
    1B 35 34 294.0 375 39 5 37 .988 12.67   0.1
1964 33 PIT NL SS 71 68 626.4 105 285 10 57 .975 5.60   1.7
    1B 15 14 132.6 156 9 1 13 .994 11.20   0.3
  MON NL SS 26 24 181.6 31 82 3 17 .974 5.60   1.2
    1B 5 5 38.4 45 3 0 4 1.000 11.25   0.1
  TOT   SS 97 92 808.0 136 367 13 74 .975 5.60   3.0
      1B 20 19 171.0 201 12 1 17 .995 11.21   0.3
1965 34 MIN AL SS 150 150 1291.0 209 548 25 99 .968 5.28   5.8
  SS 1644 1609 14369.0 2169 5733 264 1129 .968 4.95   72.9
  1B 103 68 657.0 805 73 7 75 .992 12.03   0.8
Career Totals   1747 1677 15025.9 2974 5806 271 1204 .970 5.26   73.7
Career Highs   156 150 1368.0 529 548 30 123 .981 7.02    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1961 30 PIT NL 6 25 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 .120 .120 .120 .240
1962 31 PIT NL 18 67 7 14 3 0 2 6 0 0 5 16 .209 .260 .343 .604
1963 32 PIT NL 7 24 5 5 0 0 1 4 0 0 3 7 .208 .296 .333 .630
1965 34 MIN AL 10 31 2 9 2 0 1 3 0 0 4 6 .290 .371 .452 .823
Career Post-Season Batting 41 147 15 31 5 0 4 15 0 0 12 35 .211 .269 .327 .595
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1954-1-.324
 On-Base Pct
1954-7-.388
 Slugging Pct
1954-2-.607
1957-6-.561
1959-8-.530
1960-5-.544
1962-3-.545
 OPS
1954-2-.996
1960-6-.873
1962-5-.890
 XR
1954-2-126.8
1960-5-102.6
1962-5-99.0
 Games
1961-6-156
At-Bats
1954-6-596
1955-1-621
1960-3-594
1961-2-591
1962-10-576
 Runs
1954-2-131
1957-10-96
1960-8-93
1961-6-96
1962-8-90
 Hits
1954-1-193
1955-10-167
1960-10-166
1962-5-167
 Total Bases
1954-2-362
1955-10-298
1957-5-317
1960-3-323
1961-10-291
1962-1-314
 Singles
1954-7-118
 Doubles
1962-5-31
Triples
1955-9-5
1957-3-7
1959-6-6
1960-10-4
1961-3-6
 Homeruns
1954-2-45
1955-8-32
1957-2-43
1958-8-37
1959-8-34
1960-2-43
1961-8-35
1962-2-36
1963-10-30
CAR-29-402
 RBIs
1954-3-123
1957-10-98
1958-6-109
1959-6-99
1960-6-107
1962-1-130
1963-10-92
 Stolen Bases
1954-8-11
1955-10-7
1957-2-9
1958-4-8
 Caught Stealing
1953-10-5
1954-4-7
1955-6-6
1957-3-7
1959-7-5
 Strikeouts
1957-5-124
1958-1-167
1960-3-147
1961-5-144
1963-8-120
1965-3-138
 
   Black Ink Test: 12    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 131    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 45    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Carl Sawatski (866)
  2. Ken Boyer (858)
  3. Don Demeter (852)
  4. Willie Jones (833)
  5. George Scott (828)
  6. Jimmie Hall (823)
  7. Mike Schmidt (811)
  8. Hank Thompson (810)
  9. Dale Murphy (809)
  10. Gus Zernial (799)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 2nd overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1953
Had first career hit (double) on 4/3/1953, off Bubba Church (BRK)
Hit first career homerun on 4/13/1953, off Jerry Lane (OAK)
Drove in 6 runs against San Diego on 6/26/1953
Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/1954, hitting .560 with 4 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 1954 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/1954, hitting .421 with 4 HR, 8 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1954, hitting .440 with 10 HR, 29 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/1954, hitting .448 with 4 HR, 9 RBI
Had 5 hits with 7 RBI against Brooklyn on 4/3/1955
2/1/1956: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,407,143 through salary arbitration
Injured on 3/27/1956 with a Torn Groin Muscle, out for full season
2/1/1957: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,407,143 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1957 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/1957, hitting .407 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
2/1/1958: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,028,571 through salary arbitration
Drove in 7 runs against Minnesota on 6/14/1958
Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/1958, hitting .423 with 5 HR, 10 RBI
Was selected to the 1958 Allstar game
2/1/1959: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,028,571 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 4/7/1959, hitting .524 with 4 HR, 9 RBI
Was selected to the 1959 Allstar game
Injured on 7/7/1959 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week
2/1/1960: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,028,571 through salary arbitration
Traded from Cincinnati to Pittsburgh on 4/2/1960 (Going to PIT: SS Ernie Banks. Going to CIN: P Bob Bruce, LF Charlie Maxwell, P Bob Turley, P Tom Poholsky)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/1960, hitting .476 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
5/1/1960: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $6,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/1960, hitting .458 with 3 HR, 6 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1960, hitting .390 with 10 HR, 25 RBI
Was selected to the 1960 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1961 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/1962, hitting .440 with 2 HR, 9 RBI
Was selected to the 1962 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Cleveland (A) on 7/23/1962
Won World Championship with Pittsburgh in 1962
Won Silver Slugger in 1962, hitting .290 with 36 HR, 130 RBI
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1962
Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/1963, hitting .529 with 3 HR, 6 RBI
Was selected to the 1963 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1964 Allstar game
Traded from Pittsburgh to Montreal on 7/31/1964 (Going to PIT: P Tony Cloninger. Going to MON: 1B Gordy Coleman, SS Ernie Banks)
10/29/1964: Signed a contract extension with Montreal, $6,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Montreal to Minnesota on 2/7/1965 (Going to MON: LF Chuck Hinton. Going to MIN: SS Ernie Banks, P Bud Daley, P Fred Lasher)
Drove in 6 runs against Boston (N) on 8/18/1965
Traded from Minnesota to Montreal on 2/7/1966 (Going to MIN: SS Ken Boyer, LF Chuck Hinton. Going to MON: SS Ernie Banks)
Injured on 5/15/1966 with a Fractured Wrist, out for 5 weeks
 
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